GAO finds Defense wage survey legal in Tidewater
The General Accounting Office rejected union charges that the Defense Department failed to follow federal law in a 1976 wage survey for 12 000 Tidewater civilian workers. The GAO said there was no predetermination and the pay boost of 5.93 percent was within federal norms though union leaders disputed the data and outcome. In Charlottesville, UVa ordered immediate removal of asbestos ceiling material in the chemistry building library after health inspectors warned of a potential hazard. air tests showed fiber counts above the allowed limit.
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Norfolk
General Accounting Office
Tidewater
Defense Department
Robert W. Daniel Jr
Roth
GAO
Lnions
Department
Navy
Portsmouth
Virginia Beach
Chesapeake
Daniel
G. William Whitehurst
Richard F. Lake
Tidewater Virginia Federal Employe Métal Trades Council
Lake
Department of Defense
Chemistry
University of Virginia
State Health Department
Richard F. Schutts
University
State Industrial Hygienists
Washington ordeal grips Pulaski native hostage family
Roanoke Va AP reports Charles Lytton, a National Geographic Society employee, amid the Hanafi hostage crisis in Washington. His wife, a Pulaski County native and Bnai B'rith bookkeeper, is among more than 100 captives. relatives in Pulaski await updates as dawn approaches.
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Pulaski
Roanoke, Va
Charles Lytton
Washington
Lytton
National Geographic Society
B Nai B'rith
Boy nearly killed by neighbor's Great Dane in Boone
A seven year old boy, Adam Clifton Ayers, was attacked by a 14 pound Great Dane while playing in an unfenced yard in Boone North Carolina. He suffered neck and facial wounds requiring 40 stitches and remains in satisfactory condition. His mother Wynne Ayers said she will not pursue charges and that the dog has been put down and the neighbors are moving. A sheriff's office spokesman described two Great Danes involved, one aggressive female chained and a large male dog running free. The incident occurred Wednesday afternoon.
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Lytton
Pulaski
Boone, N.C
Adam
Clifton Ayers
Wynne Ayers
Vog
Sheriff's Office
Timmy Edmiston
Milsap
Big George Virgil Partch and the dog attack
A 2 year old girl was dragged by a vicious dog into a dog house after being knocked down in a yard. Neighbors and a bystander freed the child as doctors treated severe neck wounds with many stitches. The dog, given rabies shots recently, was killed. no charges were filed against the owner.
Police Run Low Rollers Fencing Nets $300000 In Stolen Goods
In Richmond area an undercover operation called The Low Rollers recovered about $300,000 in stolen merchandise at the cost of $20,000 in state funds. Seven hundred suspects were arrested in coordinated raids with federal agents and seven counties. Virginia State Troopers Williams and Gephart posed as ex convicts to buy back goods, aiding 13 arrests with more sought.
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Richmond
Washington, D.C
Hanover County
William Penny
Penny
Chesterfield
Henrita
New Kent
Caroline
King William
Charles City
Washington
Clyde Futrell
D. L. Williams
John W. Gephart Jr
Putrell
Williams
Gephart
Williams Anil
B'nai B'rith Seen as One of World’s Oldest Service Groups
Richmond AP report highlights B'nai B'rith as a historic service network founded in 1843 with over 500000 members, 16 Virginia lodges, and the ADL as its anti defamation arm. Dan Canaan, regional ADL director in Richmond, notes wide civic involvement and efforts to foster interfaith understanding.
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Richmond
B'nai Brith
Washington
I T
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Daughters of the American Revolution
Tommy Baer
Internation Board of Governors
B'nai B'rith
Free World
Virginia
Anti-Defamation League
ADL
Dan Canaan
Israel
Baer
Berlin
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Virginiay
Charlottesville
Bryce C. Schofield
State Bureau of Hygiene
Marsha Moses
Lytons
Ginny
Jotn
Carolina Boy
Big George
Virgil Partch
Futrell
Hanover
Iit
B’nai B’rith
Service Agencies
Wilkesboro
Badroont Ly
M&m Furn
Menroa St
Hawaii
Danville Travel Service, Inc
Orkin
Chatham Rd
Hwy
Danville
Schevels High Street
Pine
Maple
Governor Winthrop
Ea Rss
High Street
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